RADIX: Passage of the Morphobles by Living Picture Theatre

Passage of the Morphobles by Living Picture Theatre Passage of the Morphobles is an immersive visual theatre journey inspired by the archetypal Morphoble: manifestations of our archetypal patterns, that we embody in various shapes and colours. The country of these creatures is Morpholand which can be visited and experienced in abandoned, mysterious locations. Set within the landscapes surrounding Konstepidemin, the performance invites audiences to walk alongside performers embodying the Morphobles—mysterious transforming figures that blur the boundaries between human, costume and environment. Living Picture Theatre creates and realizes contemplative visual and participatory theater performances, experiential educational programs, and live visual art works based on the artistic concepts of Zsófia Bérczi. She typically designs puppet-like, archetypal forms suitable for unfolding content – costumes, shrouds, forms, installations – and animates these to create live moving and changing images, i.e. living pictures, arranged in the space and scenery around them. THIS PERFORMANCE IS PART OF RADIX: τριάς BY IBODIES RADIX is a studium where citizens, artists and scholars can re-examine the practice of theatre as radical. Radical must in this context be seen as an origin, or root–from the Latin radix. Theatre must in this context be understood as the arena in which performance takes place. The studium is run by ibodies since 2022 and examines theatre and its languages and pays special attention to what kinds of performance are possible within the arena of the theatre. In this special edition of RADIX we will examine the idea of the triás: the trinity. Passed down through centuries, the idea that three aspects are necessary for creation to exist–passivity, activity and neutrality–can be found in mythology, theology, philosophy and art. Bearing this in mind, we will look specifically at the triadic relationship between the spectator, the actor and the space. All the performances presented in this year's program challenge, question and subvert our preconceived ideas of who, or what, is active, passive or neutral within a performance. Our emphasis on the possibilities inherent in examining the triás remains an ode to the possibility of civic engagement that the origins of theatre presupposed. These considerations and more will be at the forefront during a week-long event of performances, talks and workshops with invited artists and thinkers from across the globe. The majority of the performances have been reimagined especially for this edition of RADIX. The emphasis of the program remains to provide a meeting-place through the arts for public and artist alike. Public talks with the invited artists will run parallel to the performances throughout the week which we invite you to attend and discuss at!